
Fruits and vegetables put healthful substances in their outermost layers. "Juices generally retain less than 50% of the bioactive compounds found in whole fruit." Luke Howard, PhD, professor of food science at the Univ. of Arkansas recently told Nutrition Action.
Diabetics need an extra boost of nutrition, so eat your apples and cucumbers with the peels on. Its O.K. to peel your bananas though (smile)
Source: Nutrition Action
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